And that "Luser" should not upgrade! Isn't that the mantra of the OSS community; using older hardware that is more than adequate to do the job? Win95 is fine for email, net surfing, word processing, even gaming. Faster than 98, but buggier too.
You are forgetting about average cost per episode. Rating points per dollar were not as good. SciFi does not have the money NBC has to keep marginal shows with good ratings, and high prices.
takes ether a complete re download to fix it, a download of a source patch then a recompile, or possibly even fixing the source yourself
How very odd. I just used Redhat's up2date and received/installed the latest version of Mozilla that Redhat uses, and it is just as easy Windows Update. No compiling by me, it does it all for me. By the time my soup was warm (mmmm lunch...) I had a newer, safer version up and running.
As Linus suggests, use it in your tree. Go farther, and roll your own distro. If you have the time to whine about it all the time, you probably have the resources to help the community. Rumor has it LFS needs help.
I work for a company that imports all manner of goods from overseas. The majority of the goods (~95%) come from China and Taiwan. Anything from that area of the world is shipped by boat directly across the Pacific Ocean to the west coast of the US, Canada, and South America. Most container ships are too big (wide) to go through a canal, be it Suez, or Panama. Unfortunately, most companies are stuck shipping the goods to the W.C. and then using ground (rail, sometimes truck) transport to a major distribution center, such as Charlotte, NY, Kansas City, Chicago etc etc. From there, containers are seperated, ie your 4 pallets are taken out of container, put onto a truck, and shipped to the city (usually) of final destination. Before the container is stripped, it is time for the goods to clear customs. This is when all duties are paid. Some things are duty free (lawn mower parts), and others have insanely high duties (int/ext tooth lockwashers are ~40%). Oh, I hope those wooden pallets (metric pallets are now being made of steel) have papers certifying that they were treated for pests (beetles, termites etc). Then the items go to the end user (retailer, factory or whatever)!
Obviously, none of this can happen if the goods can not enter the country because they are still on a container ship in some harbor somewhere. And the time the goods spend on that ship are not free, and I am not referring to lost time to sell the item. The shipping companies have instituted extra charges, starting sometime in November, per container. Depending on the shipping line, it can be US$500 for a 20 foot container, and US$1000 for a 40 foot container! This is to make up for "lost revenue due to the longshoremen strike." The thing is, Taiwan and China never actually stopped shipping goods; it was rumored for a few days, but did not actually happen. And those empty containers that go back overseas (sometimes filled, but not usually)? The major center in the US stopped sending empties back to the W.C.
Small truckers had nothing to haul from the ports. Consumable goods (food etc) started to spoil. Factories that rely on JIT (Just In Time) delivery of supplies (screws, nuts, bolts etc) were forced to temporarily shut down, or worse yet, lay-off workers. Importers couldn't get stuff delivered, which means no money; which makes it hard to order stuff for next March.
Alaska imports nearly 65% of all things. They had to get an injuction stating that the ports in Alaska could not be closed, for fear of running out of supplies. After all, toilet paper isn't made up there. Hawaii, which imports over 90% (I think) did not get any such injuction, and people started hoarding things (toilet paper was ALWAYS mentioned).
All of this, because the ILWU is protecting the rights of the their workforce, of 10,500 people. The companies that run the ports want to modernize again. Every time they try, it is resisted in some major way by the unions. The port companies want to use scanners to do the inventory, similar to any grocery store when you 'check-out.' As of today, ALL tracking is done by hand. We are talking quantities, locations, destinations, everything! Each of these operations require a specialized worker. Electronic scanning would simplify, and streamline this entire process.
Problem? Well, it takes fewer workers to do it by electronic means, obviously. The union says, no can do. They have contracts guaranteeing jobs for all of their personnel.
So, all of the aforementioned infrastructure, that we so proudly hold up as a benefit of modern society to be awed and copied by all others, is brought to a stop by a union with less than 11,000 members. And most people think, well it must be a lot of jobs at stake. They would be wrong. The estimates, by the union itself, is 200-250 jobs. 200 people cost the economy of the US something approaching US$1,000,000,000 per day! For over 10 days!
People now think, "the strike is over," but it is not over. There is a cooling off period of 80 days, after which the union can strike again. As of the end of last week, negotiations had not started again. The workers are not working at full capacity. They are not working with the normal preicision that they are known for. They are purposefuly recording a container being placed in Lot A, when in fact it's in Lot C, for example. Workers are calling in "sick" more, taking long lunches, more breaks etc.
Most of the longshoremen want to work. Some do not. Some think it is outrageous that this was allowed to happen, while others are glad that it did.
In the end, the union can do whatever they want. The government is powerless to stop it, within the current legal environment. The workers make to much money (US$80,000-100,00) to go elsewhere. The management is not willing to break to the pressure of the unions this time, for fear of "next time." And we all get screwed.
(As a side note, this is why most computers are shipped via air)
For the IT and related industries, I think unions are a bad idea. You HAVE to go by there rules, otherwise, "see ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!" Not to mention that unions are run by normally by grumpy old men who would not understand the geek culture, and be all to willing to 'black list' any and all members who were not following the ideals of the union. Which might come into play seeming as how most geeks are seen as "anti-social", or "smelly", or "weird"...
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The same goes for "Jesus Christ" too... not that I have ever seen a depiction that shows him as non-white. Also, Jews didn't have names like we do now, so what is the deal with "Jesus Christ?"
To get back on topic: Alien vs. Predator is the only interesting one. Batman vs. Superman needed a lame plot device (giving kryptonite) to make seem 'plausible.' And I have no interest in Freddy vs. Jason.
This all reminds me of my old boss; 70+ yr old Jewish man from NYC who used Napster to download old speeches (Winston Churchill was his favorite) and such other things that were hard to find anywhere locally (library etc). He never once used it for music.
New house, old dis-continued product? I don't know about you, but if I am going to go through customizing my new kitchen/house, it is for a product I can get a warranty for...
The parent of this post is not insightful. MSN is #2, and a long way back at that (35mil versus 9mil) MSN has never, ever, turned a profit. As well as having a higher turnover rate: "According to a June report by Forrester Research, MSN retained 43 percent of its subscribers from 2000 to 2001, while 79 percent of AOL's members stayed."
Source article. Yes, I know CNN is owned by AOLTimeWarner.
That is nice and all. IMO, it is hard to get someone to use a 'ugly' windows look-a-like program on OS X when they can use something else that is 'guaranteed' to work that matches the purtiness of OS X. It has also been my experience that the average Mac user is more inclined to pay for something (Office v.X) that works than not pay for something that somewhat works.
1 - signed onto CT's (check your state for availability) no call list. 2 - caller i.d. 3 - answering machine 4 - "attitude"
Of course, I still get stupid calls. Like the one yesterday from my cable company trying to sell me cable modem service. Of course, I already have it, and have had it since the 1st day I moved into the new apartment. The best part you ask? They no longer do seperate billing for the 2 different services, they are just to lazy to filter out the 2% that already have the service.
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And that "Luser" should not upgrade! Isn't that the mantra of the OSS community; using older hardware that is more than adequate to do the job? Win95 is fine for email, net surfing, word processing, even gaming. Faster than 98, but buggier too.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
You are forgetting about average cost per episode. Rating points per dollar were not as good. SciFi does not have the money NBC has to keep marginal shows with good ratings, and high prices.
Ratings.
Money.
Number of viewers.
A small contingent of hardcore fans a series does not make.
i hope they put some sweet memory in there...
That is a two way street my friend. (note my sig below...)
interesting story here.
You want what Bill Gates wants.
How very odd. I just used Redhat's up2date and received/installed the latest version of Mozilla that Redhat uses, and it is just as easy Windows Update. No compiling by me, it does it all for me. By the time my soup was warm (mmmm lunch...) I had a newer, safer version up and running.
The soup only took 5 minutes...
Not everything is of the size/complexity of RedHat.
As Linus suggests, use it in your tree. Go farther, and roll your own distro. If you have the time to whine about it all the time, you probably have the resources to help the community. Rumor has it LFS needs help.
I thought that the current slashbot idealogy was that "M$ rips and burns their competition."
Since he brought it up, I will air my grievences.
,000 members. And most people think, well it must be a lot of jobs at stake. They would be wrong. The estimates, by the union itself, is 200-250 jobs. 200 people cost the economy of the US something approaching US$1,000,000,000 per day! For over 10 days!
I work for a company that imports all manner of goods from overseas. The majority of the goods (~95%) come from China and Taiwan. Anything from that area of the world is shipped by boat directly across the Pacific Ocean to the west coast of the US, Canada, and South America. Most container ships are too big (wide) to go through a canal, be it Suez, or Panama. Unfortunately, most companies are stuck shipping the goods to the W.C. and then using ground (rail, sometimes truck) transport to a major distribution center, such as Charlotte, NY, Kansas City, Chicago etc etc. From there, containers are seperated, ie your 4 pallets are taken out of container, put onto a truck, and shipped to the city (usually) of final destination. Before the container is stripped, it is time for the goods to clear customs. This is when all duties are paid. Some things are duty free (lawn mower parts), and others have insanely high duties (int/ext tooth lockwashers are ~40%). Oh, I hope those wooden pallets (metric pallets are now being made of steel) have papers certifying that they were treated for pests (beetles, termites etc). Then the items go to the end user (retailer, factory or whatever)!
Obviously, none of this can happen if the goods can not enter the country because they are still on a container ship in some harbor somewhere. And the time the goods spend on that ship are not free, and I am not referring to lost time to sell the item. The shipping companies have instituted extra charges, starting sometime in November, per container. Depending on the shipping line, it can be US$500 for a 20 foot container, and US$1000 for a 40 foot container! This is to make up for "lost revenue due to the longshoremen strike." The thing is, Taiwan and China never actually stopped shipping goods; it was rumored for a few days, but did not actually happen. And those empty containers that go back overseas (sometimes filled, but not usually)? The major center in the US stopped sending empties back to the W.C.
Small truckers had nothing to haul from the ports. Consumable goods (food etc) started to spoil. Factories that rely on JIT (Just In Time) delivery of supplies (screws, nuts, bolts etc) were forced to temporarily shut down, or worse yet, lay-off workers. Importers couldn't get stuff delivered, which means no money; which makes it hard to order stuff for next March.
Alaska imports nearly 65% of all things. They had to get an injuction stating that the ports in Alaska could not be closed, for fear of running out of supplies. After all, toilet paper isn't made up there. Hawaii, which imports over 90% (I think) did not get any such injuction, and people started hoarding things (toilet paper was ALWAYS mentioned).
All of this, because the ILWU is protecting the rights of the their workforce, of 10,500 people. The companies that run the ports want to modernize again. Every time they try, it is resisted in some major way by the unions. The port companies want to use scanners to do the inventory, similar to any grocery store when you 'check-out.' As of today, ALL tracking is done by hand. We are talking quantities, locations, destinations, everything! Each of these operations require a specialized worker. Electronic scanning would simplify, and streamline this entire process.
Problem? Well, it takes fewer workers to do it by electronic means, obviously. The union says, no can do. They have contracts guaranteeing jobs for all of their personnel.
So, all of the aforementioned infrastructure, that we so proudly hold up as a benefit of modern society to be awed and copied by all others, is brought to a stop by a union with less than 11
People now think, "the strike is over," but it is not over. There is a cooling off period of 80 days, after which the union can strike again. As of the end of last week, negotiations had not started again. The workers are not working at full capacity. They are not working with the normal preicision that they are known for. They are purposefuly recording a container being placed in Lot A, when in fact it's in Lot C, for example. Workers are calling in "sick" more, taking long lunches, more breaks etc.
Most of the longshoremen want to work. Some do not. Some think it is outrageous that this was allowed to happen, while others are glad that it did.
In the end, the union can do whatever they want. The government is powerless to stop it, within the current legal environment. The workers make to much money (US$80,000-100,00) to go elsewhere. The management is not willing to break to the pressure of the unions this time, for fear of "next time." And we all get screwed.
(As a side note, this is why most computers are shipped via air)
For the IT and related industries, I think unions are a bad idea. You HAVE to go by there rules, otherwise, "see ya, wouldn't wanna be ya!" Not to mention that unions are run by normally by grumpy old men who would not understand the geek culture, and be all to willing to 'black list' any and all members who were not following the ideals of the union. Which might come into play seeming as how most geeks are seen as "anti-social", or "smelly", or "weird"...
The same goes for "Jesus Christ" too... not that I have ever seen a depiction that shows him as non-white. Also, Jews didn't have names like we do now, so what is the deal with "Jesus Christ?"
To get back on topic:
Alien vs. Predator is the only interesting one. Batman vs. Superman needed a lame plot device (giving kryptonite) to make seem 'plausible.' And I have no interest in Freddy vs. Jason.
for those of us that did not watch it from the get-go, it did not make much sense.
that is the best way to guarantee your show will have a short run: confuse the new viewers.
This all reminds me of my old boss; 70+ yr old Jewish man from NYC who used Napster to download old speeches (Winston Churchill was his favorite) and such other things that were hard to find anywhere locally (library etc). He never once used it for music.
New house, old dis-continued product? I don't know about you, but if I am going to go through customizing my new kitchen/house, it is for a product I can get a warranty for...
Gyration Ultra
If they reduce the warranty to 1 year, they have reduced their overhead, hence the cheaper cost to us to buy them.
Fae it, we live in a throw away society. We want it cheap, and now.
The parent of this post is not insightful. MSN is #2, and a long way back at that (35mil versus 9mil) MSN has never, ever, turned a profit. As well as having a higher turnover rate: "According to a June report by Forrester Research, MSN retained 43 percent of its subscribers from 2000 to 2001, while 79 percent of AOL's members stayed."
Source article. Yes, I know CNN is owned by AOLTimeWarner.
I am so sorry. I must have confused the idea of everyone using something like OpenOffice instead of MSOffice as a goal of OpenOffice's. My bad.
That is nice and all. IMO, it is hard to get someone to use a 'ugly' windows look-a-like program on OS X when they can use something else that is 'guaranteed' to work that matches the purtiness of OS X. It has also been my experience that the average Mac user is more inclined to pay for something (Office v.X) that works than not pay for something that somewhat works.
N.O.S. (Nitrous Oxide System)
The absolute cheapest hp/$ you can get.
1 - signed onto CT's (check your state for availability) no call list.
2 - caller i.d.
3 - answering machine
4 - "attitude"
Of course, I still get stupid calls. Like the one yesterday from my cable company trying to sell me cable modem service. Of course, I already have it, and have had it since the 1st day I moved into the new apartment. The best part you ask? They no longer do seperate billing for the 2 different services, they are just to lazy to filter out the 2% that already have the service.
*sigh*
3% is better than zero. Especially when you are slower than the competition.
"The new RH 9.0 is 3% faster due to all new optimizations..." yadda yadda yadda.
What if getting online is not an option? That is the appreciable difference.